It handily beats Drg body now as far as a entry-tier endgame gear.

You're still going to be best with melded gear for body piece, but the argument between it and AF body has pretty much ended at this point, IMO. You're not going to notice the 300 TP difference now that you're not spending 1500 in the first 2.5 minutes and 500 almost every minute after that to maintain Power Surge.

The adjustments to that are just... wow. Easy maintenance alone on it was nice... the fact that it no longer burns TP is amazing.